The president of the Spanish Congress, Francina Armengol (PSIB-PSOE), was in Ibiza the by Partido Popular administrations led by the Partido Popular to disclose whether they are transferring public money to the online outlet Okdiario Armengol linked her demand to reports that payments connected with the defence of former ministerial adviser Koldo García were playing a role. She called on municipalities and councils governed by the Partido Popular to transparently disclose any contracts, grants or advertising budgets for Okdiario.
Representatives of the Partido Popular in the Balearic Islands rejected the allegations and, in turn, called on Armengol to take political responsibility for controversial purchases of protective masks during the pandemic. The candidate José Vicente Marí referred to around four million euros which, he said, still needed to be recovered. No judicial findings have yet been made on the sums mentioned.
The dispute centres on documents which, according to media reports, were submitted to the Audiencia Nacional . According to reports by RTVE and EFE, there are two invoices totalling around €242,000 for García’s defence, dated late 2025 and January 2026. Accounts differ over the source of the funds and the payment route: the defence said the PSOE had not paid the fees. Armengol’s reference to Okdiario is aimed at clarifying whether, and in what form, administrations led by the Partido Popular have also provided public funds to the outlet or its publisher Dos Mil Palabras S.L. There is currently no definitive administrative or judicial assessment of these payment flows.
Two questions therefore remain open. First, whether and to what extent administrations led by the PP have paid money to Okdiario or related companies, and from which budget lines those funds came. Second, whether the amounts cited by the opposition in connection with mask contracts can in fact be recovered as a matter of law. Until relevant audit reports or decisions are available, the dispute remains a politically charged debate based on documents and counterstatements. According to the media reports available, the Audiencia Nacional is examining case documents and queries about the payment trail; this does not, however, automatically imply a criminal-law classification.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).